Title 13 — CensusRelease 119-73
§43 Records and reports of cotton ginners
Title 13 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF STATISTICS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - COTTON › § 43
Summary
Cotton ginners must keep a record showing the county or parish where each bale of cotton they gin was grown. When the ginning season ends, and no later than the March canvass each year, they must file a report that gives the total number of bales ginned, listed by the county or parish of origin.
Full Legal Text
Title 13, §43
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Every cotton ginner shall keep a record of the county or parish in which each bale of cotton ginned by him is grown and report at the completion of the ginning season, but not later than the March canvass, of each year a segregation of the total number of bales ginned by counties or parishes in which grown.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., § 74 (Apr. 2, 1924, ch. 80, § 4, 43 Stat. 32;
June 18, 1929, ch. 28, § 21, 46 Stat. 26;
June 14, 1938, ch. 358, 52 Stat. 678). Section was derived from second paragraph of section 74 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed. For remainder of such section 74, see Distribution Table. Changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1971—Pub. L. 92–143 inserted “completion of the ginning season, but not later than the”.
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Citation
13 U.S.C. § 43
Title 13 — Census
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73